Middlemarch Trilogy, The: The Doctor's Story
- Full Length Play, Drama, Adaptations (Literature), 19th Century
- 6M, 5F
- ISBN: 9781848424050
Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama, Adaptations (Literature)
- Time Period: 19th Century
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy
Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.
In The Doctor’s Story, set in the town of Middlemarch itself, where everyone wants to know each other's business, idealistic Dr Lydgate arrives in Middlemarch determined to achieve great things. He catches the eye of the Mayor's beautiful, self-centred daughter Rosamond but is torn between ambition and loyalty as he is drawn into an alliance with a corrupt banker.
The other plays in The Middlemarch Trilogy are Dorothea's Story and Fred and Mary’s Story. The three plays can be performed as a trilogy, but each play can also stand on its own.
REVIEWS:
"A delight from beginning to end... one of the most captivating literary dramatisations I've ever encountered, as rich as a Christmas pudding."
Telegraph
"It has an elegance and wit, and, above all, it's eminently digestible."
The Times
"A terrific achievement."
Evening Standard
"As ingenious as it is entertaining."
The Stage
"[A] skilful, shrewd and dashing adaptation... a phenomenal achievement."
Observer
Premiere Production:
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, 2013.
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 5F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers, Expandable casting
